In Tarkarli I would be scouting for a Hotel or a guest house when I get there and same would be for Udaipur.

I would sincerely like to thank HV Kumar of HV Kumar – Fan, Forum & Message Board and all the members of the above FB Group who have been really helpful in providing me the detailed road book and help me plan this adventure right from the start. Thanks a lot sir(s).

As always I would be driving my Toyota Landcruiser on this trip and by the looks of it the total trip would work out to be over 4200 Kms. I plan to be back by the 27th or 28th of March 2012. Many people may ask why Goa and some of them may even ask why by road especially when air tickets are available little over of what I may spend on fuel costs. Well I’ve always been travelling by air since long and a package deal just doesn’t cut for me anymore and I feel that the adventure is missing in such a thing. Additionally I feel that if someone wants to see the real India, it can only be done when we are on ground. I am not against air travel but I feel that its more fun like this. Last year I did Delhi- Sasan Gir- Diu- Delhi and enjoyed every bit of it. Here’s the link to that https://harjeevchadha.wordpress.com/2011/11/25/delhi-ahmedabad-sasan-gir-diu-udaipur-delhi-road-trip-summary/

The following is just a broad guide to the route that I plan to take and it may differ from the actual route, especially the in/ and out of Mumbai and from Goa- Tarkarli- Mumbai from the route that’s been depicted in the following link. This link is just to give a broad overview on the route. Once I’ve completed the trip, I would be sharing the triplogs and GPX tracks for the entire trip.

Its been almost 9 months since I completed my trip of Rajasthan and Gujarat, but I feel that’s its never to late to share. Since long I’d been longing to travel to Gujarat, though on this trip I visited only one part of Gujarat which is to say Sasan Gir and Diu (which technically speaking is not even in Gujarat but a Union Territory).

In this post I would share the route I took along with the maps, distance charts and time taken for traveling. Also I would try to share the trip log in detail along with the pictures in my future posts.

After traveling almost 1500 Kms from Delhi I just couldn’t resist the urge of clicking the following picture. This first view of the sea side is forever etched in my memory and I remember the moment like it was yesterday.

We started the trip from Delhi at approximately 4AM on the 19th of March 2011 and culminated the journey on 26th March 2011 at 11:15PM

Day I 19th March 2011

Delhi to Ahmedabad 946KMS

18 Hours 10 Mins

Day II :20th March 2011

Ahmedabad to Gir 383 KMS (7 Hours 10 Mins)

Day III 21st March 2011

Gir-Gir 12 KMS

Day IV 22nd March 2011

Gir-Diu 128KMS (3 Hours 27 Mins)

Day V & VI 23rd & 24th March 2011

Diu-Diu 31Kms

Day VII 25th March 2011

Diu- Udaipur 664 Kms (12 Hours 50 Minutes)

Day VIII 26th March 2011

Udaipur – Delhi 675 Kms (11 Hours 53 minutes)

Total Distance Travelled in 8 Days is 2839 Kms

Total Fuel (Diesel) Consumed 383.13 Liters

Average Cost of Fuel (average) Rs.40.68 per Liter

Fuel Economy 7.41 KM per Liter & Rs.5.49 per KM

Having the opportunity of driving across 5 states and enjoying it with your family PRICELESS